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The definition of a rut is a groove or track in the ground, a routine way of acting, or a period of sexual excitement in animals, especially males.

(noun)

An example of a rut is a track in the ground from a bike.
An example of a rut is following the same routine each and every day.
An example of a rut is a period of sexual excitement in a male goat.

Rut is defined as to make a groove.

(verb)

An example of rut is to make a track in the mud with a bicycle.

See rut in Webster's New World College Dictionary

noun

a groove, furrow, or track, esp. one made in the ground by the passage of wheeled vehicles
a fixed, routine course of action, thought, etc., esp. one regarded as monotonous

Origin: < ? MFr route, route

transitive verb rutted, rutting

to make a rut or ruts in

noun

the periodic sexual excitement, or heat, of certain mammals: applied esp. to males, often specif. to those male ruminants in which it occurs once a year
the period during which this occurs

Origin: ME rutte < OFr ruit < L rugitus, a roaring (as of deer in rut) < rugire, to roar < IE *reuk- < echoic base *reu-, to roar, cry hoarsely > OE ryn, OSlav rykati, to roar

intransitive verb rutted, rutting

to be in rut

See rut in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A sunken track or groove made by the passage of vehicles.
A fixed, usually boring routine.

transitive verb rut·ted, rut·ting, ruts

To furrow.

Origin:

Origin: Possibly alteration of route

noun

An annually recurring condition or period of sexual excitement and reproductive activity in male deer.
A condition or period of mammalian sexual activity, such as estrus.

intransitive verb rut·ted, rut·ting, ruts

To be in rut.

Origin:

Origin: Middle English rutte

Origin: , from Old French rut

Origin: , from Vulgar Latin *rūgitus

Origin: , from *rūgere, to roar

Origin: , from Latin rūgīre, to roar

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